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BORN INTO STAR WARS

Celebrating a fandom family tradition in a galaxy far, far away....

t turns out that the Skywalkers Jackie. “Somehow, he fell for this Fisher, who became the fi rst people
aren’t the only family with Star nerdy girl, and over the last 16 years to hear the news about the new
I Wars in their blood. At the age of he has been super supportive of my family member.
12, Jackie Cordero began using the love of the movies, events, collecting, Baby Lorenzo was born later that
saga as a means to escape from the Disney trips, Halloween costumes, year and subsequently accompanied
bullying she encountered at school. and even the decorating of our two his parents to Star Wars Celebration
“All the worlds and characters and kids’ nurseries!” Orlando in 2017. The Corderos
stories just became a place I could However, their journey to building continued their new family tradition
live in and enjoy,” she recalls. From a family was an arduous one, with in 2019, when they brought Lorenzo

consuming Star Wars novels and the couple su ering tears and and his new baby sister, Liana, to
listening to John Williams’ scores on disappointments, until the fi nal day Celebration Chicago. The event
her daily commute, to covering the of Star Wars Celebration Anaheim in provided many memories to cherish,
walls of her college dorm room with 2015, when the couple learned that including seeing their daughter’s face
posters of Han Solo, Jackie’s interest they were expecting. “We were light up as she touched a real-life R2
in the franchise quickly became ecstatic! We decided to try and unit. “It warmed my heart to share
more than a casual hobby. memorialize that moment,” reveals something I love so much with my

“My husband enjoyed the movies, Jackie. So, the pair headed o to a family and experience it together,”
but that was it for his fandom,” says photo op with Mark Hamill and Carrie Jackie beams.

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